Protector for horses&#39; tails.



No. 822,788. PATENTBD JUNE 5, 1906'. G. TUTHILL & W. H. BOYD.

PROTECTOR FOR HORSES TAILS.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 6, 1905.

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PROTECTOR FOR HORSES TAILS.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

PROTECTOR FOR HORSES TAILS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 5, 1906.

Application filed May 6, 1905. Serial No. 259,197.

T0 on whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, GEORGE TUTHILL and WILLIAM H. Born, citizens of the United States, residing at Portland, in the county of Multnomah and State of Oregon, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Protectors for Horses Tails, of which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to inventions for protecting horses tails, and has for its object the provision of a device that is secured to the animal while in his stall and is adapted to prevent him from rubbing his tail against the sides of the stall.

To this end our invention consists of a device having two bars secured one on each side of the dock, having bars to connect them together and pass around the dock, the whole device being held in place by straps secured to a girth passed around the horse.

The construction and operation of our in vention will be described in detail hereinafter and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a representation of a horse, showing our invention secured thereto Fig. 2, a top plan view of the tail-protector; Fig. 3, a side view, and Fig. 4 an end view In the drawings similar reference characters indicate corresponding parts throughout the several views.

A A represent two straight bars connected by means of a curved bar B, adapted to lie under the animals tail when in position, as shown in Fig. 1, and having loops O C in their forward ends to receive theends of a forked strap D, that is in turn secured to a girth E, secured around the animals middle.

F represents a curved bar pivotally secured to one of the straight bars A and adapted to be secured to the other bar A by means of a leaf-spring secured to said bar A and having a pin G to seat in a hole in said bar F. Bar F is secured over the animals tail.

When in position, as shown in Fig. 1, our invention will prevent the animal from rubbing its tail against the sides of the stall, the bars A A receiving the abrasion and discourages the habit. It will thus be seen that our invention prevents the tail from becoming unsightly because of the hairs that are broken and pulled out as the result of this habit.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim is 1. A device of the character described consisting of bars adapted to rest on each side of a horse s tail, a cross-bar secured to said bars and adapted to seat under the tail, and a bar pivotally secured to one bar and adapted to be secured to the other bar, the last-named bar adapted to rest on top of the animals tail, substantially as shown and described.

2. A device of the character described consisting of two straight bars one of which is adapted to rest on each side of a horses tail, and curved bars connecting said straight bars and adapted to pass under and over the tail, one of said curved bars being pivotally secured to the straight bar on one side of the tail and removably secured to the other straight bar, substantially as shown and described.

3. A deviceof the character described consisting of two straight bars, one of which is adapted to rest on each side of a horses tail, a curved bar connecting the straight bars and adapted to seat under the horses tail, and a curved bar pivotally secured to one straight bar adapted to be secured to the other straight bar and to rest on top of the horses tail, substantially as shown and described.

4. A device of the character described consisting of two straight bars one of which is adapted to rest on each side of a horses tail, cross-bars connecting said straight bars and adapted to pass over and under the tail, one of said cross-bars being pivotally secured to the straight bar on one side of the tail and removably secured to the other straight bar, a girth secured around the animal, and a strap secured to said girth and to each of said straight bars, substantially as shown and described.

5. A device of the character described con sisting of two straight bars, one of which is adapted to rest on each side of a horses tail, curved bars connecting said straight bars adapted to pass under and over the tail, the curved bar adapted to pass over the tail being pivotally secured to one of said straight bars and removably secured to the other straight bar, a girth to be secured around the animal, and a strap secured to said girth and having its ends forked to be secured to the ends of said straight bars, substantially as shown and described.

6. A device of the character described consisting of two straight bars, one of which is adapted to rest on each side of a horses tail, a curved bar connecting the straight bars and adapted to seat under the horse s tail, a curved bar pivotally secured to one straight IIO bar and adapted to be secured to the other our hands in presence of tWo subscribing Witstraight bar and rest on top of the horses nesses. tail, a girth secured around the animal, and a GEORGE TUTHILL. strap secured at one end to the gn'th and having its other end forked and secured to WILLIAM BOYD the ends of said straight bars, substantially Witnesses: as shown and described. 0. L. PRICE,

In witness whereof We have hereunto set H. M. COKE. 

